Car.



M. EPSTEIN.

OAR. I APPLIOATION FILED. MAR.23, 1911.

Patented June 18,

' mums-SERUM- fiimszzr 27w A'SSIGNOR TO THE QHZGAGQ, ILLINQIS, A. OUEPGB-A'IIUN OF WEST VIRGINIA.

AMERICAN CAR eels L29,9i& fipeeificetion Ifiettere Patent- Petented June 318, Application filed. March. 2-3, 1M1. Serial No. 616,359. iii 0:55 {whom may concern: firmly secured to the truck-bolster on the senof the United States,

Work thus formed bolster A is a illustrated in dotted lines.

l e it known that It lax Ersrnnv, a citiresiding at Chioago, in the county of {look and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful lmproveznents in Qurs, of which the following is specification,

invention relates aset'ul improvements in cars, and is fully descibed and explained in the specification end @JOWZ] in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figuie l is a' proved device and Fig. 2 section on the line 2 of Fig. 1.

By reference to the drzwvings, it will he seen-that my invention is shown afsepp lied to more oartiucula-rly of that construc tion illus rated in my application filed-on even date herewith and allotted 616,360.. The present invention is, however, independent of the type of'car to which it is applied and theseparts Will-nob therefore requiredetailed description to certain new and A abody-bolster to which Iettoch sidesills B and upon this structure or frame is mounted a superstrucil'll f'e' of the car Whlch 111 this case forth.

Projecting downward from the bodyinng bolt- G upon W'lllCll 1s pivoted a truck-bolster D, a bearing plat-e B being secured to the-lower end of the kingdaolt below the truck-bolster and antifriction bearings of common form being interposed for an obvious purpose. The truckbolster is attached to the usual truck framework which does not- :t'orin a. portion of the present invention and is disgrunnnatically The truck-bolster has two vertical Webs ofn'letul (Z parallel each to each and end of the hing-bolt and the portions extending laterally therefrom are so urrzu'igcd as to leave longitudinal spaces to receive outwardly facing clmnnelibeams ll which are Serial.

is shown. as atank attached to the side-sills by the on the two sidesside elevation of my; i111; 1s atransverse' I 1 '1 l i truck it. is

i by Letters Patent is two sides thereof, in the manner illustrated. Ibebeams F'supportnear their ends draft-- rigging of the desired form G, which, of course, performs its usual function in the usual way.

that the. d efbmgging turns with the truck in rounding curves, so that no matter how sharp may be the turn there is no lateral.

strain on the draft-rigging. This point isot obvious advantage, for to "build a. car suitable forpractical use it should be adopted to be coupled conveniently to the standardcars now insuse and this necessarily fixes the height "of the draft -gear. H111 accordance with eonnnonipractice Where the draft rig gu ig 3S attache to the bodv; this hnsvneces eerily fixed-the heightofthe center lsill of the body'to ivhieh the draftqgenriis usu- The result has been that 111 ally attached. any center-sill car u ftruelehad to be adopted of that lowestpossible position of the truclebolster.

'lVith the presentconstruction onthe other hand, it is possible to use a truck tion of any desired or reusoimble the draft-rigging being attached to the possible to build :1 car body with any sort. of sills which may be desired, realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of the construction, Without departing from the spirit of my invention; therefore I do not" intend to limit myself to the specific form herein shown and described.

hat I claim as new andde-sire to secure construcform a n d 1. In combination bod "-'bolster, a truckbolster pivoted thereto and having webs of metal. parallel to each other on the two sides of the pivots, parallel metal beams fastened to said Webs and extending therefrom to the end of the car, and draft mechenism mounted between the ends of said beams. o v

2. in combination a body-bolster carrying av king-bolt, a truck-bolster mounted The result of the foregoing construction is forin \vl1icl 1 would permit the car and draft mechanism carried between :nessesr Q t v 1,029,919

upon the king-bolt and provided with parset my hami and afiixed my seal this 24thallel Webs of metal on the two sides thereday of January, l'9ll. of, beams attached to said parallel webs MAX EPSTEIN. [L. s and extending therefrom to the end of the In the presence of two subscribing Wite said beams. J. G. ANDERSON, In testimony whereof I have hereunto" R; A. S HAEFER. 

